Homemaking

Since 2002

Human-scaled string webs built in public places

Human-scaled spiderwebs built in situ in under-used urban sites in cities suffering from inadequate housing, marking the city in terms of survival by identifying possible places for temporary refuge or habitation. The vulnerability of these delicate structures
suggests commonalities between camouflage and escape strategies of animals
and the tenuous existence of many people in what are equally difficult
urban situations. Some of the structures are quite large (several meters
across), but remain physically very subtle, almost invisible, underlining
the surreptitious nature of the action. The webs are bound to disappear
before long, not least because they are inherently critical of the ways
in which space is (not) being used.